Isaiah 32:6

Isaiah 32:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
• New International Version (NIV)For fools speak folly, their hearts are bent on evil: They practice ungodliness and spread error concerning the Lord; the hungry they leave empty and from the thirsty they withhold water.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the fool speaks folly, and his heart is busy with iniquity, to practice ungodliness, to utter error concerning the Lord, to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied, and to deprive the thirsty of drink.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the foolish person will speak foolishness, And his heart will work iniquity: To practice ungodliness, To utter error against the Lord, To keep the hungry unsatisfied, And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Context of Isaiah 32:6

4People who do things too quickly will stop and think first. Those who cannot speak well will be able to talk clearly. 5Nobody will praise a stupid person. Nobody will respect people who cheat others. Stupid people say silly things. They think of evil things that they can do. They live in a way that does not respect God. The things that they teach about the Lord are false. They keep food away from hungry people. They give no drink to thirsty people. 7Cruel people do evil things to deceive others. They think of ways that they can cheat their friends. They tell lies to give trouble to poor people. So poor people do not receive the justice that they deserve. 8But good people think of ways that they can be kind to others. They do the good things that they have decided to do.

Isaiah 32:6 word by word

כִּ֤י נָבָל֙ נְבָלָ֣ה יְדַבֵּ֔ר וְלִבּ֖וֹ יַעֲשֶׂה־אָ֑וֶן לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת חֹ֗נֶף וּלְדַבֵּ֤ר אֶל־יְהוָה֙ תּוֹעָ֔ה לְהָרִיק֙ נֶ֣פֶשׁ רָעֵ֔ב וּמַשְׁקֶ֥ה צָמֵ֖א יַחְסִֽיר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the vile personנָבָלnâbâl · foolishH5036
• will speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• villanyנְבָלָהnebâlâh · follyH5039
• and his heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• will workעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• iniquityאָ֫וֶן'âven · evil: wickednessH205
• hypocrisyחֹ֫נֶףchôneph · profanenessH2612
• errorתּוֹעָהtô‛âh · errorH8442
• against the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• to make emptyרִיקrûq · to emptyH7324
• the soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: appetiteH5315
• of the hungryרָעֵבrâ‛êb · hungryH7457
• and he will cause the drinkמַשְׁקֶהmashqeh · irrigationH4945
• of the thirstyצָמֵאtsâmê' · thirstyH6771
• to failחָסֵרchâsêr · to lackH2637

Cross-references for Isaiah 32:6

• 1 Samuel 24:13You know the proverb, “Evil people do evil things.” But I will never try to hurt you.
• 1 Samuel 25:10Nabal answered David's young men, ‘Who is this David? Do I know this son of Jesse? Many servants run away from their masters these days.
• Jeremiah 13:23You have done evil things for a long time. So you cannot now start to do good things. Can anyone change the colour of his skin? Can a leopard remove the marks on its body? No! And you cannot change yourselves either.’
• Matthew 12:34You are like the children of dangerous snakes. You cannot say good things when your thoughts are bad. When you speak, your words show what is in your mind.
• Matthew 15:19Evil thoughts come out from people's minds. As a result, they do wrong things. They murder people. They have sex with another man's wife. They have sex in other wrong ways. They rob people. They tell lies about other people. They insult people.
• James 3:5In the same way, our tongue is a very small part of our body. But it speaks as if it is very great. Think about this. A very small fire can cause even a big forest to burn completely.
• Psalms 58:1Do you rulers really say what is right? Do you judge people in a fair way?
• Hosea 7:6But the leaders are planning to murder the king. Their anger is like the fire of an oven. It burns slowly inside them all through the night. But in the morning the fire is too strong to hold.
• Micah 2:1Micah continues: People who prepare to do bad things should be afraid. God will do bad things to them! While they lie in bed, they think about bad things to do. Then, when the morning comes, they do those bad things. They have the authority to do whatever they want to do.
• Acts 5:3Peter said to Ananias, ‘Ananias, Satan wanted you to tell a lie and you have obeyed him. You have told a lie to the Holy Spirit. That is a bad thing to do! You sold your field, but you did not give us all the money. You kept part of it for yourselves.
• Acts 8:21You cannot do the work which we are doing. God knows that you are not thinking the right things.
• James 1:14It is our own thoughts that make us do bad things. When we want to do something wrong, our thoughts lead us in a bad way.
• Job 22:5No! It is because you are a very wicked person. You have done too many evil things for anyone to count them. That is why he is punishing you.
• Job 24:2Wicked men move the stones that show the edge of their neighbour's land. They take their neighbour's land and his sheep for themselves.
• Proverbs 11:24Somebody may share his things with other people, but he still becomes richer. Somebody else may keep the things that he should give to others, but he still becomes poor.
• Amos 2:6The Lord says, ‘The people in Israel have done more and more wrong things. So I will certainly punish them. They sold people that did not do wrong things. They sold them for silver. And they sold poor people for only the price of shoes.

Commentaries on Isaiah 32:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6The vile person will speak villany "The fool will still utter folly" - A sort of proverbial saying, which Euripides (Bacchae, 369) has expressed in the very same manner and words: · "The fool speaks folly. "Of this kind of simple and unadorned proverb or parable, see De S. Poes, Hebr. Praelect. xxiv. Against the Lord "Against Jehovah" - For אל El, two MSS. read אל al, more properly; but both are of nearly the same meaning.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6For the vile person - Hebrew, The fool.‘ This word more properly expresses the idea than vile person.‘ The Hebrews Used the name fool to denote not only one destitute of understanding, but a knave, a dishonest man - regarding sin as the highest folly (see 1 Samuel 25:25; 2 Samuel 3:33; Job 2:10). Will speak villainy - Hebrew, Will speak folly.‘ That is, he will act in accordance with his nature; it is his nature to speak folly, and he will do it. Under a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Fools ignore God's standards of justice and righteousness. They do not care about people who are hungry or thirsty (see Isaiah 1:17; 58:7, 10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. vile ... villainy--rather, "the (irreligious) fool ... (his) folly." will speak--rather, "present"; for (so far is the "fool" from deserving the epithet "noble-minded") the fool "speaketh" folly and "worketh," &c. hypocrisy--rather, "profligacy" [Horsley]. error--impiety, perverse arguments. hungry--spiritually (Mt 5:6).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 32:6

• Church
• Hypocrisy
• Malice
• Poor
• Speaking
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Churl
• Reign
• Err; Error
• Fool; Folly
• Grace
• Hypocrisy; Hyprocrite
• Isaiah
• Person, Personality
• Salvation
• Vile, Villany

Commentaries on Isaiah 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings